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speculation or une kunt., Patented D'ec. .24, 1912.

Application tiled latch 22, 1912. Serial Io. 685,411.

To all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH EARL, a subject of the King of Great Britain. residing at Stanstead, in the district. of St. Francis and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements. in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionI relates to toys and has for an object to provide an amusing device of this character which will include a dancing ligure and means for imparting life like movements to the figure when the toy is operated.

In the drawing forming a portion of this application and 1n which like letters of ref erence indicate similar-parts in the several views -Figure 1 is Va. perspective view of the toy: Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. i l

The toy comprises a suitable supporting structure which includes a bottomless mem ber having the parallel walls 1 and the connecting end walls 2 which are braced intermediate of their ends by the spaced bars 3. A vibrating platform 4 closes the upper end of the support-ing structure and at 5 the platform is pivoted to the parallel walls 1. A springy device 6 is secured at 7 to the supporting structure and at 8 the device is secured to the platform whereby under the inherent elasticity ofthe device the beveled surface 9 upon the underside of thefplatform, and referably at one end Athereof is yieldingly -eld engaged against the tappet wheel 10. This tappet wheel is secured upon the operating shaft 11 and when, the latter is .revolved the sweeping of the surfaces 12 of the wheel against the surface 9 of the platform will impart to the-latter vibratory movements. The shaft 11 is journaled in the sidewalls 1 and at one end t-he shaft has connected thereto a crank haudle 13 which may be manually or otherwise suitably operated.

At the opposite end the platform 4 is provided with an elongated passage 15 through which the supporting post 16 extends. A pulley 17 has portions 18 revolubly journaled in the bars 3. This pulley has a socket 18 therein into which the squared end 19 of the supporting posts is tted, whereby the consequently durin figure revolving the figure in the manner describedy the shaft 11 is operated to im art the re-L quired vibratory movements to t e platform 4. The platform is then made to contact with the feet of the jointed figure and amusing life like dancing movements will be imparted to the figure. It is stated that the liguresupporting post is connected with the driven pulley so as to be revolved thereby, the time of imparting to the figure life hke dancing motions the wi l be revolved. It is found that by numerous changes in the dancingsteps are made which admirably lends'amusement to the toy.

I claim A toy comprising a vibratory platform, a

bottomless supporting structure for the platform, the said structure including parallel side walls and connecting end walls, the said latform beingpivoted at a point beyond its center to the opposite parallel walls of t-he structure` the said platform having a longitudinally extending slot therein. a vertically disposed revoluble element disposed beneath the platform and provided with' a vertical socket of rectangular configuration in cross section which lis arranged -in line with the slot in the platform, a supporting post having ilsquared lower end fitting in said socket and having a portion extending through the slot in the platform and then extended above the plane of the platform and provided with a horizontal portion, a figure supported by the said horizontal portion of the post. actuating means operatively connected with the said revoluble element and provided with an annular series` of teeth, the said platform having a beveled mi; and ylelcsanle ,means connecting one Gf the platform Wlh ane oit the end com une., wlxereby o hod the beveled surface .of .i'ae phi-form yedngy engaged egens h' -bo0tjhed Surface of the actuating element; whereby vbratory mnvements will be imparted to the platform when #he eetuetng;

g members f he supporting s'muceemenb is inuenced ix) ont'ol-le revolube element.

ture 'in presence of two Witnesses. W JOSEPH EARL. "Witnesses:

Amp THOMAE, Cem@ M. THOMAS? ln testimony whereof Ieix signa- 

